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Feb. 14, 1956 Filed May 20. 1953 A. FELDMAN CLOTHES HANGER ATTACHMENTFOR CHAIR BACKS 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

ALFRED FELn MAN ATTUHNE'Y Feb. 14, 1956 A. FELDMAN CLOTHES HANGERATTACHMENT FOR CHAIR BACKS I5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 20, 1953INVENTOR. ALFRED FELD MAN BY 5 ATTURNEY Feb. 1956 A. FELDMAN CLOTHESHANGER ATTACHMENT FOR CHAIR BACKS Filed May 20, 1955 3 Sheets-Sheet I5ATTUH/VE) United States Patent O CLOTHES HANGER, AHACHMEN R CHAIR BACKSY Alfred Feldman, Woodside, N. Y. Application May 20, 1953, Serial No.356,183 1 Claim. (Cl. 211--86) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in garrnent or clothes hangers.

More particularly, the present invention proposes the construction of animproved clothes hanger having deing the chair back clamping structureso that it can be easily and removably fastened to common wood orplastic garment hangers and securely fixed as by welding to ordinarywire garment hangers.

As a further object, the resent in e p p constructing the garment hangerwith a shoulder receiving portion and a dependent skirt or bag,secur'edat its upper end to the shoulder receiving portion and having anopen lower end to fit over. the back of a chair and dispose the shoulderreceiving portion in upright position on the chair back, the bag .orskirt having stifiener strips connected to the shoulder receivingportion so as to prevent it from falling to one side or the other.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will 'be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view illustrating the garment or clothes hangerof the present invention as clamped to a chair back, parts of the hangerand the chair back being broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a hanger similar to that shown in Figs.1 and 2 but illustrating a modification of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing another modification.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Figs. 3 and 4 but illustrating a furthermodification of the present invention.

Figs. 6 is a perspective view of a chair back clamp and illustratinganother modification of the invention.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing a still furthermodification of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a common wire hanger constructed andarranged in accordance with the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 but showing a modification.

Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating a furthermodification of the present invention.

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Fig. 11 is a sectional view taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 12 is a sectional view taken on line 12-12 of Fig. 10.

Fig. 13 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but illustrating anothermodification of the present'invention.

Fig. 14 is a view similar to Fig. '13 but showing the hanger raised.

Fig. 15 is a fragmentary sectional view of the telescopic element shownin Figs. 13 and 14.

The improved clothes hanger, in accordance with the first form of theinvention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, is constructed generally like aconventional wooden or plastic hanger with a shoulder receiving portion15 and a cross bar 16. The shoulder receiving portion and the cross barform a triangular shape and a threaded hook receiving opening 17 isprovided at the apex in the shoulder receiving portion removably toreceive a hook 18 shown in dotedash outline. i

A clip retaining strip 19, preferably of metal, is secured to the crossbar 16 by spaced screws 20. Two spaced chair back spring clamps 21 and22 are secured to the clip retaining strip 19 by screws 23 and 24,respectively. The spring clamps 21 and 22 thus are dependent from theclip retaining strip 19. These clamps 21 and 22 are adapted to be forceddown over a chair back 25 and frictionally hold the shoulder receivingportion 15 of the hanger upright on the chair. When so clamped on achair back, the upwardly disposed upright shoulder receiving portion 15of the hanger is available to receive and hold a coat, jacket, shirt orother such garment. Clamps 21 and 22 can be proportioned to fit onto anystyle chair back. i

The modification of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3 is characterizedby the provision of two inverted U- shaped chair back clamps 26 and 27spaced on and secured to the cross bar 28 across the shoulder receivingportion 29 of the hanger. Clamps 26 and 27 have bolt openings 30 and 31,respectively, in their free lower ends, the upper bent ends beingsecured to the cross bar 28 by screws 32. Bolts 33 with wing nuts 34extend through the openings 30 and 31 removably to secure the lower endsof these clamps together around the upper part of a chair back such asthe one shown in Fig. 1. In this manner, the shoulder receiving portion29 of the hanger may be held upright on a chair back.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 4 is characterized by the provisionof a single wide spring chair back clamp 35 over the cross bar 36between the shoulder receiving portion 37 of the hanger and dependentfrom the cross bar. Screws 38 hold the clamp to the cross bar. Clamp 35is adapted to be forced down over the back of a chair and frictionallyhold the shoulder receiving portion 37 of the hanger upright on thechair.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 5 is characterized by the provisionof a pair of spaced spring chair back clamps 39 and 40 secured by screws41 to a cross bar 42 extending between the arms of a shoulder receivingportion 43 of the hanger 44. The clamps 39 and 40 are dependent from thecross bar 42 and are adapted to be forced down over a chair back andfrictionally hold thereto so that the shoulder receiving portion 42 ofthe hanger 44 will be held upright on the chair back. Hanger 44 may beany conventional wood or plastic hanger with clamps 39 and 40 secured tothe cross bar as described.

Two different chair back clamps are ilustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 forattachment to a hanger cross bar. The chair back clamp 45 shown in Fig.6 is a wide wedge-shaped spring clamp having screws 46 for cross barattachment and its open end 47 being adapted to be forced over a chairback and grip the chair back.

Clamp 48 illustrated in Fig. 7 has a member 49 curved adageas in crosssection and spaced inverted U-shaped spring clamps and 51 secured byScrews 52 to the member 49 in the member and extending dependent from itat right angles thereto. The clamps 5t and 51 are adapted to be forcedover the back of a chair and frictionally hold thereto.

The modifications of the present invention illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9are characterized by the provision of wire coat hangers 53 and 54,respectively, having shoulder receiving portions 55 and 56,respectively. Hanger 53 in Fig. 8 has a cross bar 57 to which is weldedtwo spaced chair back clamps 58 and 59, these clamps being adapted to beforced down over a chair back and clamp on to it so that the hanger willbe disposed upright on the chair'back.

Hanger 54 in Fig. 9 has a cross bar 68 to the center of which is weldeda wide metal clamp 61 adapted to be forced down over a chair back andremovably grip the chair so that the hanger will be disposed upright onthe chair back.

The modification of the present invention illustrated in Figs. 10, 11,and 12 is characterized by the provision of a shoulder receiving portion62 which may be of wood but preferably is of plastic and a flexibletubular skirt or bag 63 secured at one end 62a to the shoulder receivingportion 62. The skirt 63 may be made of thermoplastic sheet material anddielectrically heatsealed to the shoulder receiving portion 62. Thelower end 64 of the skirt or bag 63 is open so as to pass over a chairback 65 for the skirt 63 partially to cover the chair back, Stiffenerstrips 66 secured to the skirt 63 by cover strips 67 extend to and aresecured by heatsealing, stitching or other well known methods, to theshoulder receiving portion 62 to hold such portion upright when theskirt 63 is over a chair back.

The modification of the present invention illustrated in Figs. 13, 14and 15 is characterized by the provision of a shoulder receiving portion68 which is secured to a telescoping member 69 which in turn is securedto a crossbar 70. The crossbar 70 has a clip retaining strip 71 securedto it by screws 72 and chair back clamps 73 are secured to the retainingstrip 71 by screws 74. The telescoping member 69 is tubular and containsa bottom section 75 fixed to crossbar 70 at its base, a middle section76 and a top section 77 secured to the shoulder re- 4 l ceiving portion68. The bottom, section 75 and middle section 76 have locking grooves 78and 79 respectively to receive pins 80 and 81 of the middle section 76and top section 77 respectively. Grooves 82 and 83 in the bottom section75 and middle section 76 provide means to slide the pins 80 and 81 in asthe sections are drawn out and telescoped. The middle section 76 istwisted or rotated to dispose the pins 80 and 81 in either the slidegrooves 82 and 83 or locking grooves 78 and 79.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent A clothes hanger for attachmentto the back of a chair comprising a solid triangular-shaped shoulderreceiving portion, a flexible tubular skirt portion enclosing saidshoulder receiving portion. and depending downwardly therefrom inprolongation thereof, said skirt having a substantially flattened ovalshape in cross-section, said skirt having an open bottom end for fittingthe depending portion over the back of a chair, spaced stitfening ribsextending from the apex end of said shoulder receiving portion, acrosssaid shoulder receiving portion and along the skirt portion to thebottom end thereof whereby said shoulder receiving portion is adapted tostand erect on the top of the back of the chair, and strips secured tothe shoulder receiving portion and skirt portion over said ribs.

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